Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has a slight 44 - 41 percent lead over Illinois Sen. Barack
Obama in a possible 2008 presidential face-off, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released
today. Giuliani leads former Vice President Al Gore 48 - 41 percent and tops New York Sen. Hillary
Clinton 49 - 40 percent.

Sen. Clinton still leads in the Democratic primary race with 32 percent, down from 38 percent in a
February 21 poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University, followed by 18 percent for
Sen. Obama, 14 percent for Gore and 12 percent for 2004 vice presidential candidate John Edwards.

Giuliani leads the Republican field with 27 percent, down from 40 percent, followed by 19 percent
for Arizona Sen. John McCain, 14 percent for former Sen. Fred Thompson and 8 percent each for former
House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

In other presidential matchups:

McCain tops Clinton 46 - 41 percent;

Obama and McCain are tied at 42 percent each;

McCain beats Gore 47 - 41 percent.

"The top Democrats, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and Vice
President Al Gore, a non-candidate, all get the same 40 or 41 percent against 'America's Mayor,' Rudolph
Giuliani," said Maurice Carroll, Director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "But Giuliani
slips against Obama, making that the closest race - at least today.

"And on the Republican side, Law & Order actor Fred Thompson is looking better. Does
this mean American voters don't like the current menu or just haven't made up their minds?"

"Or will Mayor Giuliani and Sen. Clinton go the distance and give us our first all-New York
presidential race since Roosevelt defeated Dewey in 1944?" Carroll asked.

With no candidates named, American voters say 43 - 34 percent that they would vote for a
Democrat in the 2008 presidential election.

American voters disapprove 60 - 35 percent of the job President George W. Bush is doing, and
disapprove 64 - 31 percent of the President's handling of the war in Iraq.

Congress should set a time for withdrawing all U.S. troops from Iraq, voters say 51 - 45 percent,
with Democrats supporting a time for withdraw 74 - 21 percent, independent voters supporting it 54 -
42 percent and Republicans opposed 72 - 24 percent.

From April 25 - May 1, Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,166 American voters with a margin of
error of +/- 2.9 percent, including 469 Republicans with a margin of error of +/- 4.5 percent, and 499
Democrats with a margin of error of +/- 4.4 percent.

The Quinnipiac University Poll, directed by Douglas Schwartz, Ph.D., conducts public opinion
surveys in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio and nationwide as a public
service and for research.

For more data -- http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x271.xml, or call (203) 582-5201.

1. If the 2008 Democratic primary for President were being held today, and
the candidates were Joe Biden, Wesley Clark, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd,
John Edwards, Al Gore, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama and Bill
Richardson, for whom would you vote?

TREND: (If Democrat) If the 2008 Democratic primary for President were being held
today, and the candidates were Joe Biden, Wesley Clark, Hillary Clinton,
Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Al Gore, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama,
and Bill Richardson, for whom would you vote? na = not asked

2. If the 2008 Republican primary for President were being held today, and
the candidates were Sam Brownback, Jim Gilmore, Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani,
Chuck Hagel, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, John McCain, George Pataki,
Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo, Fred Thompson and Tommy Thompson
for whom would you vote?